Alice Evans is a professional American-British actress and a singer. She entered the entertainment industry in 1996 and continues to be actively involved. Evans worked in television around the start of her acting career, with a role in “Highlander: The Series” (1992-98)
Her breakthrough role was for a well-liked French sitcom named Top Modele Elisa, which ran for a year and a half. Her debut film was Monsieur Naphtali, directed by filmmaker Claude Lelouch.
Quick Information
- Full Name: Alice Evans Jane
- Birth Date: August 2, 1971
- Birthplace: Summit, New Jersey, USA
- Nationality: American
- Height: 5ft 8ins (173cm)
- Weight: 58kgs (128lbs)
- Eye Color: Hazel
- Hair Color: Blonde
- Bra Size: 32 D
- Horoscope: Leo
- Favourite Pet: DogÂ
- Shoe Size: 8 US
- Measurements: 35-24-35 Inches
- Spouse: Loan Gruffudd (divorced, 2 children)
- Instagram Followers: 86.8kÂ
- Net Worth:$5 million dollars
Early Life
Alice Evans Jane was born on August 2, 1971 in Summit, New Jersey. Alice was born to mathematician David Evans and teacher Janet Evans. She was raised in Bristol, and attended Henbury school. She graduated from University College London with a 2:1 in French and Italian. Later, she learned acting from Cours Florent in Paris.
Career
After graduation, she worked in French television, with her role as French student Susan in the French sitcom. Next, she went to Italy to play “Nathalie”, in 1998. Her first English-speaking role was in the Highlander episode ‘Patient Number 7. After appearing in Blackball, she moved to Los Angeles in 2003. She has since appeared in both television and film.
Personal LifeÂ
In 2001, Evans was residing in Paris with her fiancé Olivier Widmaier Picasso. Then she met actor loan Gruffudd during the filming of 102 Dalmatians and broke up with Olivier. Evans and Gruffudd fell in love and became engaged on New Year’s Day 2006, and married on 14 September 2007 in Mexico. They have two daughters. In March 2021, Gruffudd filed for divorce from Evans.
Interesting Facts
- Hailing from Bristol, England, she is the granddaughter of a coal miner.
- Suffers from tipulophobia, an irrational and sometimes crippling fear of crane flies.
- Writes a bimonthly column in the UK edition of Glamour magazine about life as a British actress in Hollywood.
- Is fluent in French and Italian and has spoken both languages during performances.
